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Last Wednesday morning I said goodbye” to my aunt at her funeral. I smiled listening to the celebrant recount funny stories about her and tears rolled down my eyes as I choked back a wail whilst watching my brave mum read a beautiful poem for my Aunty Pat. It turned out that it wasn’t the Continue Reading...

Whenever we start something new, there is always a degree of apprehension. Life involves change, whether we like it or not. So we may as well get to like it. Resistance is futile! I much prefer the idea of creating my own change in life than having change hoisted upon me. Don’t you? Of course, human beings Continue Reading...

If you’re on Facebook at the moment, you might find that your newsfeed is clogged with people expressing gratitude. Flavour of the month seems to be tagging friends to share their gratitude for several days straight. A ‘friend of a friend’ declined to participate because she didn’t want to ‘jinx herself’. ‘Everything’s going so well Continue Reading...

I’ve been having fun with my wonderful boys. We have been on a mini break to Warwick Castle, following Giants in Liverpool (google Liverpool giants 2014; simply awesome!), wild swimming in our nearby mere and spent a day on the beach in New Brighton, my childhood home. I swam in the River Mersey and was Continue Reading...

Once upon a time… There was a talented, highly skilled woman called Sally. One day, Sally becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son. She drops out from the senior level role she has reached in her industry and finds a job in the same industry at a different company. She agrees to a massive pay Continue Reading...

If you are a mum of a girl between the age of 0-10 you’ll know that the subject header for today’s email is THAT song from Disney’s movie, “Frozen”. If you don’t know what I’m on about, go to YouTube and type in “Let It Go”. Max and Freddie have told me – with a Continue Reading...

“People grow from connection”: This is one of the 9 guiding principles of CoachU, the Coach training school at which I am a graduate and lifelong member. I have always loved this guiding principle and as I grow, learn and get older, it has become absolutely fundamental to the way I live my life. The Continue Reading...

On Wednesday last week, I attended an event called Mumstock. It was a conference aimed at Marketers to furnish them with the latest thinking and research on what mums want – and thus, how to market better to mums. Mumsnet.com and Saatchi and Saatchi jointly organized the event and the opening keynote for the conference was Continue Reading...

One of my FaB Club clients was berating herself because she’d gone into town with a big list of shopping and chores – and realised she’d left her purse at home. Do you think she should have been hard on herself for messing up? I think not! A better response when we forget stuff is Continue Reading...

Have you ever been intrigued by the deliciousness of the “What if?” scenario in the film “Sliding Doors”? I find myself fascinated by the impact on our lives of the choices we make in moments. With every step that each of us takes, there’s a fork in the road and myriad ways to respond. Sometimes Continue Reading...